Unit 4

Unpredictable Ending
Learning Objectives
Spoken Cycle
After studying this unit, you are expected to be
able to:
• express attitudes,
• express embarrassment,
• tell spoof texts orally,
• understand and respond to spoken English,
• be active in English conversation.

Written Cycle
After studying this unit, you are expected to be
able to:
• identify and comprehend the spoof texts,
• comprehend the use of question-taq question,
• write simple spoof texts.
Spoken Cycle Study and say the expressions of showing feeling
and attitude below
Showing happiness Showing sadness
- I’m happy that my father bought me a - It’s a cheerless day because it rains all
day long.
new camera. - It’s really heartbreaking for me to see
- I feel contented because I get a Yeni’s walking hand in hand with
scholarship. another boy.
- I am glad that you have succeeded. - I’m much distressed to hear the news
- We are very pleased to see you here. Of your brother’s death.
- I feel fed up with your grumbling.

Showing scare
- I’m afraid to see horror film.
- The dog’s bark made me frightened.
- I was so scared by the thunder.
- The train accident was fearful.
- I’m terrified of being alone at home.
 Study and say the expressions of showing feeling
and attitude below

Showing surprise
- I was surprised because you came in without knocking at the door
before.
- I was astounded to find his wife unconscious.
- I was staggered when I heard that the headmaster will be dismissed.
- I was shocked when I heard that her child was died.

Expressions of embarrassment:
• I was so embarrassed.
• I was really embarrassed with Nia.
• It was so disgraceful.
• I was so ashamed.
• I was very ashamed.
• It makes me ashamed.
 Make good dialogues expressing feeling and
attitude based on the following situations.

Agung meets Hermin in a school canteen.

They have a short conversation. Agung tells Hermin
that police stopped him yesterday. At first, he was
very nervous because he doesn’t have a driving
license. In fact, the police distributedbrosures.

Tia meets Ana, her schoolmate, after

schooling. They have a short conversation. Tia
tells Ana that the teacher asked her class to come
to the computer laboratory. She felt nervous at
first because she thought the teacher will give her
a computer test. It turned out that he asked them
to try a new internet installation. She was so
happy to browse because it was free of charge.
 Read the following letter and answer the
questions

1. Who is the writer of the

letter?
2. Whom the letter is sent
to?
3. Where did the writer go
on her holiday?
4. What tour did she have
in the morning?
5. Where did she go in the
evening?
6. Why didn’t she see the
music performance in
Taman Gesang?
7. Where did she want to
see the band show?
Write a spoof text telling a series of
events based on the following pictures
 Read the spoof text below then answer the
Written Cycle questions. Pay attention to the generic structures.
Read and study the following explanation
 Read and study the following explanation

Study the sentence below.

1. The assignment is difficult, isn’t it?
2. You are Brenda, aren’t you?
3. We can not mix water and oil, can we?
4. We should recheck it first, shouldn’t we?

A question tag is a question which consists of an

affirmative or negative statement and a short question at
the end of question. It changes the statement into
question which asks for agreement or confirmation.
Study the frame of Question Tag and its explanation.
 Study the frame of Question Tag and its explanation

Usage:
If the statement is in positive construction, the
question tag must be in the negative form.
If the statement is in negative construction, the
question tag must be in the positive form.
 Study the frame of Question Tag and its explanation

Usage:
Most questions tag are falling intonation. A question tag with a falling
intonation shows that the speaker thinks his statement is true. He expects
the answer is an agreement for his statement.
Question tag with a rising intonation are sometimes used. When the rising
intonation is used, the answer does not have to agree with the speaker‘s
statement.
Example: a. Solo is the biggest city in Java, is it? …. No, it isn’t.
b. Jakarta isn’t the biggest city in Java, is it? …. Yes, it is.
 Develop the following draft into a good spoof text

Orientation
• Fatty was overweight - she wanted to lose her weight - Skinny could help him.

Event 1
• Fatty went to Skinny - Skinny prepared the diet programme - Fatty paid $10 for losing 10
pounds - It was in the backyard - Fatty had to chase a rabbit - ‘Chase me and you can eat
me’ was written on the rabbit’s body - Fatty chased the rabbit.

Event 2
• Next day - Fatty paid $20 for losing 20 pounds - Fatty chased another rabbit - The rabbit
was faster and more difficult to catch.

Event 3
• Fatty wanted to lose 50 pounds - Fatty paid $50 for losing 50 pounds – Fatty went to
Skinny’s backyard.

Twist
• Fatty saw a lion - On the lion’s body was written, ‘I’ll chase
and eat you’
 Cross Cultural Understanding

Read the following passage.

Names and Titles
We can use names and titles when we talk about people, and when we
talk to them. We can name them in four ways.
a. First name
This is formal. We use first names mostly to talk about friends and
children.
- Where’s Peter? He said he would be here at three.
- How is Joko getting on at school?
b. First name + surname
This can be formal or informal.
- Isn’t that Peter Connolly, the actor?
- We’re going on holiday with Mary and Daniel Sinclair.
 Cross Cultural Understanding

c. Title (Mr, Mrs etc) + surname

It is used more formal when we talk about people we do not know well, or when we
want to show respect or be polite.
- Can I speak to Mr. Lewis, please?
- We’ve got a new teacher called Mr. Campbell.
- Ask Miss Andrews to come in, please.
- Dear Ms. Sanders……

d. Surname only
We often use the surname to talk about public figures - politicians,
sportsmen
and sportswomen, writers and so on.
- I don’t think Eliot is a very good dramatist.
- The woman marathon was won by Waitz.